Hat-pin holder.



G. G. BASSETT.

HAT PIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 15, 1am.

Patented Sept. 27, 1910 as Ar nr onrno HAT-PIN 971,484. Specification of Application filed March 15 T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE G. BASSETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Winifrede, in the county of Kanawha and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat- Pin Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in devices to be applied to ladies hats for holding hat pins to prevent them from Working out and being lost.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical device of this character which will receive hat pins of various sizes, and which will effectively hold them so that they can not possibly work loose and slip out.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a view showing the application of the invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the device; Fig. 3 is a side view; and Figs. 4, 5 and 6, are detail perspective views of the three parts of the device.

The device comprises a body 1 constructed preferably of two separable sections, 2, 3, one of which carries a stationary pin-gripping jaw 1 which is opposed by a similar movable jaw 5 carried by a spring pressed member or slide 6. The body 1 may be made in any size and of any material, but as illustrated it is of substantially rectangular shape and provided at its opposite ends with apertured attaching flanges 7 so that it may be sewed or otherwise secured to the hat. It is preferably applied to one side of the crown of the hat and may be arranged either vertically, as shown in Fig. 1, or horizontally, and of course, when the hat is trimmed may be located between the plumes, flowers or other trimming so that it will not be noticeable. The section 2 of the body is formed at its sides with two parallel side plates 8 between which the jaw 4 is formed, said jaw preferably consisting of transverse serrations or any other roughened surface, whereby hat pins of different sizes may be firmly gripped. The spaced side plates 8 HOLDER.

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, 1910. Serial No. 549,423.

screws, rivets or other fastenings 9, the other section 3 of the body, the side faces of said section 3 being recessed to receive the ends of the plates 8, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 6. By constructing the body in this manner it is of open rectangular shape to receive the hat pin and the movable or slidable gripping member 6. This member or slide 6 has a transverse portion 10 arranged in the body and provided at its inner or rear end at opposite sides flanges 11 which slidably engage the rear edges of the side plates 8. At the front of the portion 10 of said slide is a front plate 12, the projecting side edges of which form guide flanges 13 to slidably engage the front edges of the side plates 8.

Formed on the outer face of the front plate 12 is a lug 1 1 which forms a finger piece whereby the slide may be moved to retracted position to permit a hat pin to be inserted between the jaws 4L, The jaw 5 is similar to the jaw 1 consisting of transverse corrugations, as shown in Fig. 5. The slide 6 is projected by a coil spring 15 arranged on a guide pin 16 projecting from the section 3 of the body and into an opening or recess 17 formed in the portion 10 of the slide, as clearly shown in Fig. It will be seen that when one of the fingers is pressed against the end of section 3 of the body, and the thumb is engaged with the lug or finger piece 4, the slide may be readily retracted against the tension of the spring 15 to move the aw 5 away from the jaw 4 to permit of the ready insertion of a hat pin, and that when the slide is released the spring 15 will project the slide so that the pin will be firmly gripped between the two jaws.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought that the construction, operation and advantages of the invention will be readily understood without a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and arrangement of parts may be made within the spirit and scope of the claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A hat pin holder comprising a body composed of separable sections, one having side plates and a jaw between the latter, means for securing the other section of the body have secured between their extremities by between said side plates, a guide pin projecting from the last mentioned section of In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my the body, a slide carrying a jaw to oppose signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses. the first named one and provided with flanges to engage the edges of the side plates GEORGE BASSETT and also carrying a finger piece and a coil Vitnesses:

spring arranged on said pin for projecting TILLIAM O. MILsTRAD,

said slide. AUGUSTA GLYsKo. 

